Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948, and was one of rock music's most enduring figures as the lead singer of Black Sabbath. He achieved even greater heights as a solo artist. Ozzy is survived by his wife, Sharon, and his five children.

"A self-effacing and unexpectedly affecting portrait of the Prince of Darkness in twilight...Last Rites mixes ancient stories of Ozzy's rock star rapscallionism (entertaining, always) with meditations on the inevitability of death that grow thicker as the book lurches toward the only conclusion it can."--The Washington Post

"Last Rites is the redemption narrative that 'The Osbournes' couldn't be -- genuinely big-hearted rather than contrivedly quirky, refusing to overwrite past ugliness but still brimming with gratitude...a fitting final encore for a life lived at extremes."--Salon

"Haunting, revelatory."--Rolling Stone

"Osbourne comes off well in Last Rites: self-aware, level-headed and savagely funny, and not just by rock star standards."--The Guardian

"345 pages of Osbourne's plainspoken, expletive-peppered wit...rivet with conversational detail."--USA Today

"Ozzy holds nothing back."--Music Frenzy

"Candid and self-aware without being self-reverential...it only makes us miss [Ozzy] that much more."--cleveland.com

"A charming and often poignant valediction from rock 'n' roll's Prince of Darkness."

--Kirkus Reviews

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Pub date: 2027-10-12

Length: 320 pages